CVC Words Worksheet – Short o and u
How the sounds work (Sound it out, then blend): Say each sound: b – u – s. Blend them into one word: bus. Short o is the sound in “dog”; short u is the sound in “sun”.
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- 1.☕ Which word is this? (a) lip (b) run (c) cup
- 2.Change the “n” in “run” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) run (b) rug (c) rub
- 3.Blend the sounds: c – u – b. Which word is it? (a) cup (b) cut (c) cub
- 4.Change the “h” in “hug” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) tug (b) mug (c) hug
- 5.Which word is “sun”? (a) sun (b) can (c) run
- 6.Change the “g” in “gum” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) sun (b) gum (c) sum
- 7.Change the “s” in “sum” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) sum (b) gem (c) gum
- 8.📦 Which word is this? (a) bat (b) six (c) box
- 9.🚌 Which word is this? (a) bed (b) bus (c) nut
- 10.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) e
- 11.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) u
- 12.Blend the sounds: g – o – t. Which word is it? (a) cot (b) pot (c) got
- 13.Change the “b” in “box” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) fox (b) box (c) fog
- 14.🐛 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) b (c) r
- 15.Which word is “log”? (a) dog (b) leg (c) log
- 16.Which word is “cup”? (a) cup (b) tap (c) map
- 17.Change the “l” in “lot” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hat (b) lot (c) hot
- 18.Change the “g” in “rug” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) rug (b) tub (c) rub
- 19.Blend the sounds: l – o – t. Which word is it? (a) lot (b) dot (c) let
- 20.Which word is “nut”? (a) cat (b) dot (c) nut
- 21.🛁 Which word is this? (a) tub (b) sun (c) bus
- 22.Change the “h” in “hug” to “m”. Which word do you get? (a) hug (b) rug (c) mug
- 23.Change the “b” in “rub” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) rub (b) fun (c) run
- 24.Blend the sounds: m – u – g. Which word is it? (a) bug (b) mug (c) rug
- 25.Blend the sounds: c – o – p. Which word is it? (a) hop (b) cup (c) cop
- 26.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
- 27.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 28.⚫ Which word is this? (a) log (b) dot (c) dog
- 29.Which word is “dot”? (a) log (b) dot (c) rat
- 30.🐶 Which word is this? (a) log (b) dog (c) dot
- 31.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) b (c) l
- 32.🥜 Which word is this? (a) bus (b) tub (c) nut
- 33.🪵 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) leg (c) log
- 34.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) e
- 35.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 36.Blend the sounds: d – u – g. Which word is it? (a) dog (b) mug (c) dug
- 37.Blend the sounds: d – o – g. Which word is it? (a) dog (b) fog (c) dig
- 38.Which word is “tub”? (a) hug (b) tub (c) tap
- 39.Change the “g” in “gum” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) gum (b) hem (c) hum
- 40.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) c (c) f
Answer key
- cup
- rub
- cub
- tug
- sun
- sum
- gum
- box
- bus
- o
- u
- got
- fox
- b
- log
- cup
- hot
- rub
- lot
- nut
- tub
- mug
- run
- mug
- cop
- u
- o
- dot
- dot
- dog
- l
- nut
- log
- u
- o
- dug
- dog
- tub
- hum
- b
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